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Navy Marine Corps Public Health Center - Weight Management Programs and Resources

Weight management is about reaching and maintaining a healthy weight for life. It breaks the endless cycle of failed diets, and replaces it with a sustainable healthy lifestyle. Individuals can achieve a permanent healthy weight by eating a variety of nutrient-dense foods, engaging in regular physical activity, and keeping a positive mindset. Weight management has many personal and professional benefits, including improved overall health, chronic disease prevention, enhanced performance, and increased resilience. Review the resources below to help you develop a weight management plan that works.

For Consumers

ShipShape Program - Participants (NMCPHC HPW)
Crews Into Shape Challenge (NMCPHC HPW)
Navy Operational Fitness & Fueling System (NOFFS) (Navy Fitness)
Semper Fit (USMC)
Health and Wellness Coaching Program (Military OneSource)
Get Fit (TRICARE)
Integrative Wellness (Operation Live Well)
Healthy Weight: It's Not a Diet, It's a Lifestyle! (CDC)
Overweight and Obesity (CDC)
Podcast: Obesity and Women (CDC)
Video: Finding a Balance (CDC)
Weight-control Information Network (WIN)
Aim for a Healthy Weight (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Shape Up America!

For Service Members Only

For Clinicians and Health Promoters

ShipShape Program - Coordinators and Facilitators (NMCPHC HPW)
Weight Management for Wounded, Ill, and Injured (NMCPHC HPW)
ShipShape Facilitator Training (NMCPHC HPW)
Navy Operational Fitness and Fueling System (NOFFS) Certified Trainers (Navy Fitness)
Weight Management Research to Practice Series (CDC)
Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults (NHLBI)
Obesity in Adults: Screening and Management Recommendations (U.S. Preventive Service Task Force)
Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation (Institute of Medicine)

Web Resources

Clinicians

Clinical guidance, including recognition, management and clinical isolation guidance are generally covered by CDC: CDC Clinical Overview

Clinical management for Fleet medical personnel can be found in the NMCFHPC Fleet Mpox Medical Guidance

Clinical guidance for MTFs can be found in the DHA Mpox Guidance Update_5Sept2024

Currently, neither mpox testing nor treatment are readily available in a forward deployed operational setting. Units should identify suspected cases, isolate them, and move them for care at an MTF when operationally feasible.

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